Sato Retains P-Rim Title in Contentious Draw at Shooting Disco 14 TOKYO -- Shooto 168-pound Pacific Rim champion Yoichiro Sato retained his title Saturday night at Tokyo’s Shinjuku Face, battling Akihiro Murayama to a highly contentious split draw in the main event of...

Tazawa is Megaton King, 'Iron' Upsets Imanari at Deep '52 Impact' TOKYO -- Deep's Megaton heavyweight division is oft-mocked, but Friday at Korakuen Hall, Kazuhisa Tazawa was undeterred, as he submitted Yuji Sakuragi to become the second Megaton champion in the headliner of Deep's...

Report: ‘Chiquerim’ Cut by UFC After Unsuccessful Debut On Jan. 22, eight months after signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Willamy “Chiquerim” Freire made his long-awaited debut for...

Pictures: Shooto ‘Shootor's Legacy 1’ Paul Benjamin was ringside at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo to photograph Shooto “Shootor's Legacy 1” for Sherdog.com.

'M-16' Somdet to Defend Shooto Title Against Ito in March TOKYO -- The strawweight division's affable-but-brutal ruler is back to defend his throne.

Shooto 115-pound world champion Rambaa "M-16" Somdet will make the second defense of his title against heavy-hitting dynamo Junji...

Koyama is P-Rim Ace; Tsuchiya, Ueda Win at 'Shootor's Legacy' TOKYO -- Yoshihiro Koyama took the vacant Shooto Pacific Rim 154-pound title Monday night at Korakuen Hall. He took it early, in more ways than one.

Shooto ‘Shootor’s Legacy 1’ Play-by-Play and Results Sherdog.com's Tony Loiseleur will report from the legendary Korakuen Hall in Tokyo at 3:30 a.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Shooto “Shootor's Legacy 1,” which is headlined by a 154-pound title bout pitting Shinji Sasaki against...

All Fighters on Weight for 'Shootor's Legacy 1' All 24 participants made weight today ahead of “Shootor’s Legacy 1,” the first professional Shooto show of 2011, set to take place Monday at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall.

The event is headlined by the second meeting between...

Shooto Rookie Kings Crowned; ‘Sarumaru’ Steals the Show TOKYO -- What do Shooto world champions Tatsuya Kawajiri, "Lion" Takeshi Inoue, Shinichi "B.J." Kojima, Yasuhiro Urushitani, Masakatsu Ueda, Hideki Kadowaki and Akitoshi Hokazono all have in common? What about UFC and WEC vets Takeya Mizugaki, Hiroyuki Takaya, Kuniyoshi Hironaka and Keita "K-Taro" Nakamura? Or Pride, Dream and Sengoku vets Mizuto Hirota, "Wicky"...

Imanari, Shirai Booked for ‘Mayhem in Macau’ Japanese promotion Deep has finalized the nine-bout lineup for “Mayhem in Macau,” the company’s first ever trip to China, set to take...